Tom Spurgeon reports that cartoonist and comics educator Tom Hart is starting up a Sequential Art school in Gainesville FL. The target date to open is 2011. From the report it appears that the project is an extension of a current workshop that offers space for workshops, gallery shows and performances for artists in the […]
This Saturday is the international Read Comics in Public Day and as you might have already deduced – it’s a day to come out of the closet as a comic book reader an flaunt it (just the comic book, please) in public. RCiPD is being spearheaded by Sarah Morean and Brian Heater founders of The […]
Pittsburgh Magazine has named ToonSeum Executive Director Joe Wos as one of “Top 40 under 40” in this November’s special issue. The “40 Under 40” recognizes 40 talented individuals under the age of 40 who are making a positive impact on the region’s development.Joe is the founder of the ToonSeum, Pittsburgh?s Museum of Cartoon Art. […]
Yesterday I posted a video of San Diego Union-Tribute editorial cartoonist Steve Breendiscussing his BP oil spill cartoons using actual oil from the spill. The video below is a newly produced video that shows footage of Steve collecting the oil and experimenting mixing it with gasoline.
The Director of National Intelligence Lt. General James R. Clapper has allegedly altered a Daryl Cagle cartoon during a presentation. The Washington Post reports:A final slide showed he was under no illusions about the pressure and expectations he faced. He had adapted a cartoon by Daryl Cagle of Slate.com depicting a grim Clapper in an Uncle Sam […]
Perhaps no other cartoon since Mike Luckovich’s “WHY?” cartoon has an editorial cartoon received so much press (Delona’s chimp cartoon is perhaps the only exception). The San Diego Union-Tribute has posted a video of Steve Breen discussing his BP oil spill cartoons using actual oil from the spill. Here it is:Hat tip to Rob Tornoe.
There are few details regarding this story, so I’m not sure what to make of it other than if true, a Yemen editorial cartoonist has been “forcible disappeared.” The Armies of Liberation website reports that Security authorities arrested cartoonist Kamal Sharef and confiscated his personal belongings including a laptop computer. Others arrested included his brother […]
Candorville creator Darrin Bell has created a weekly long tribute series premiering today to honor Cathy Guisewhite who announced she is ending her comic strip, Cathy after 34 years. Darrin, on why he’s decided to do the tribute series says, “I have no idea whether MY readership is familiar at all with Cathy, but I […]
Last June, I directed your attention to a newly launched site by eight cartoonists (Tom Batiuk, Dave Coverly, Greg Evans, Peter Guren, Jeff Keane, Rick Kirkman, Mike Luckovich and Jerry Scott) to showcase their studios and their work. They’ve added six more cartoonists: Chuck Ayers (Crankshaft), Jenny Campbell (Flo and Friends), Brian Crane (Pickles), Jan […]
The 2010 Ignatz Award nominees have been announced. The award is given for outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. Here are this year’s nominees:Outstanding Artist Eddie Campbell, Alec: The Years Have Pants (A Life-Sized Omnibus) (Top Shelf Productions) Al Columbia, Pim & Francie: The Golden Bear Days (Fantagraphics Books) Mike Dawson, Troop 142 (self-published & […]
Every Friday morning on my way to work, I listen to StoryCorp at the end of NPR’s Morning Edition. I was happy to see an email from StoryCorps telling me that they’ve produced a series of animated shorts of some of the stories collected through their program. You can check them out at their website. […]
A photograph of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz (1922-2000) will be presented to the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in a ceremony for invited guests Oct. 1. The event recognizes the cartoonist’s impact on millions of people worldwide and coincides with commemorations surrounding the 60th anniversary of “Peanuts.” The 1986 photograph, created by acclaimed portraitist Yousuf […]
Prickly City creator and Chicago Tribune editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis is back into podcasting. This time with Tribune columnist Eric Zorn. The show is called Prickly Pair Podcast and is produced by Kristin Samuelson. Head over to Scott’s blog for details or click this link to download now. iTunes subscriptions are coming soon.Bob Weber Jr., […]
Cartooning “tweets” has been a rage of late. I’ve reported that Paul Sabourin started pairing New Yorker cartoons with Kanye West’s tweets and yesterday I posted news that Tina’s Groove creator Rina Piccolo was drawing original sketches of other people’s tweets. And with that post, I learned that BECK has been doing this for a […]
The Gazette (NJ) has a profile on Archie comic book artist Fernando Ruiz who was tapped to draw a action-adventure version of Archie that is due out in the latter part of September. The title of the four-part series is The Man From R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E. a play on the 1960’s The Man From U.N.C.L.E. TV series. […]